The XX Factor : Princeton

The Exhausted Aptocrat

Samantha Henig — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:03:00 GMT

A guest post from Double X intern Margaret Johnson: Sam, your post on Gen Y's educational entitlement sounded eerily like a schpeel that plays through my mind every morning. As you know, I am a grad student getting a master's degree in your field. Government...(read more)

Girl-on-Girl Theatrical Action

Nina Shen Rastogi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:07:00 GMT

Ann, I think you're right that the Times article on gender bias in the theater may have leaned a bit hard on the women-keeping-their-sisters-down aspect of the original study. (I also think you're right that the best thing we can do, as audience members,...(read more)

Is There Gender Bias on Broadway?

Ann Hulbert — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:30:00 GMT

It’s a catchy, catty angle, that’s for sure: An article in today’s New York Times about a recent study of potential gender bias in Broadway theater opens by suggesting that women playwrights do indeed have more trouble getting their work produced than...(read more)

Critics of Sotomayor Aren't Guilty of Racism or Sexism. They're Guilty of Ageism!

Sara Mosle — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:38:00 GMT

Meghan, I agree that the issue isn't really one of reverse-discrimination , even if think Hanna is right that Sotomayor's views on affirmative action may sound dated to some contemporary ears. Rather, the issue, I think, is similar to one that arose during...(read more)